Stovepipe-anchor.



Nb. 896,424. PATBNTED AUG. 18, 1902 M. H. WELTON.

STOVEPIPE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEG,9,1907.

WITNESSES: IN VENTOR' ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES H. WEL'ION, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

STOVEPIPE-ANCHOR.

Application filed December 9, 1907.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns H. WELTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe- Anchors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying. drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for fastening stove-pipes in chimney holes, especially when the pipes fit loosely in the holes or thimbles thereof, the invention. having reference particularly to stove-pipe anchors that are adapted to not only secure the pipe to the chimney, but to prevent the stove-pipe elbow usually used from becoming disconnected with the section of stove pipe that enters the flue hole.

Objects of the invention are to provide a simple and inexpensive stove pipe anchor that will be adapted to be connected to .stove pipes in common use, and also with the flue hole and the stove-pipe collar to securely hold the stove-pipe and the collar in place, a further object being to provide a stove-pipe anchor which may be disconnected readily from the stove-pipe and also from the chimney when occasion requires it.

With the above-mentioned and minor objects in view the invention consists in an improved stove-pipe anchor comprising a member adapted to prevent the stove pipe from moving too far into the flue hole, and a member to engage the chimney and prevent the stove pipe from accidental withdrawal from the flue hole, the anchor comprising also a spring for normally holding the two members in proper positions for operation. And 'the invention consists further in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Serial No. 405,753.

Similar reference characters in the different figures of the drawings designate corresponding elements or features.

In the drawings a designates the front wall of a chimney; b, the thimble in the flue hole for receiving the stove-pipe section 0 on which is connected an elbow d, the latter having a vertical stove-pipe section 6 connected thereto which may be adapted to be connected to a stove or a furnace, a collar f extending about the section 0 and bearing against the front of the chimney wall.

The improved anchor is composed principally of a single piece of wire, preferably spring Wire, and comprises a rod 9 which at one end has a right angle arm h, the opposite end of the rod having a return bend i from which extends an arm at an oblique angle to the.rod g, another arm j extending backwards from the arm at 'an oblique angle thereto, a suitable number of additional arms and 7' being connected together in like manner, so as to form a continuous zigzag spring, the arms all lying in one plane with the rod g, but operating substantially as a coiled spring, the terminal arm of the spring having a projection 7c formed thereon which extends at a right angle to the rod g. The wire is bent back upon itself so as to form an arm Zlying against the projection 70, the arm I being adapted to engage the inner endof the thimble b and extend downwardly at the inner side of the front wall of the chimney, a rod m extending from the arm Z, so as to be connected to the stove pipe,

the rod having a loop n formed thereon that preferably is adapted to extend about the elbow of a stove-pipe. The loop has a proj ection 0 lying against the rod m and a collar p slides on the rod m and over the projection 0. The rod m may be of any suitable length, and the loop may be readily formed while connecting it to the elbow if desired, but ordinarily the proportions are such as may be necessary to conform to the standard sizes of pipe sections and elbows.

In practical use, the collar f should first be placed in position and then the anchor may be arranged in the thimble I) with the rod 9 against the under side of the upper portion of the thimble, the arm 7L engaging the collar f and holding it in place, the arm Z being arranged at the inner end of the thimble, so that the rod m will lie on the lower portion of the inner side of the thimble b and extend out through the collar f, then the pipe section 0 with the elbdw (Z thereon and section e connected thereto may be inserted into the thimble 1) until stopped by the hook formed by the return bend 'L. Then the loop at may be connected to the elbow and locked by means of the slip collar 19; It will be under stood of course that the loop n may be opened when necessary so as to connect it to the stove-pipe and the connection may read ily be made if the section e be disconnected from the elbow d. If the section 6 is connected to the elbow 11 so as to not be detachable, it will be understood of course that the loop n may be formed around the elbow, the wire being flexible.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. An improved stove-pipe anchor comprising a straight rod, an arm on one end of the rod extending at a right-angle thereto, a spring connected with the rod at the opposite end thereof and extending from the side of the rod opposite to that from which the arm extends, said spring being extensible or contractible and having a straight arm on the end thereof that extends at a right angle to said rod, and a relatively long rod extending from said last-mentioned arm at the junction thereof with said spring.

2. In a stove-pipe anchor, the combination of a spring comprising a plurality of arms formed of wire extending in a zigzag course, a straight rod extending from one end of the spring, an arm on the end of the rod,

an arm on the opposite end of the spring ex tending at a right-angle to said rod, and a relatively long rod extending from said lastmentioned arm at the junction thereof with said spring.

3, The combination, with a chimney having a flue-hole in the side thereof, and a stove-pipe extending into the fluehole, of an improved anchor comprising two wire rods of different lengths extending along the exterior of the stove-pipe into the flue-hole, the shorter rod having a hook on the inner end thereof that engages the inner end of the stove-pipe, an arm on the outer end of said shorter rod engaging the exterior of the chimney, a spring extending from said hook across the opening in the stove-pipe at the inner end thereof, an arm extending from said spring across a portion of the inner end of the stove-pipe against the inner side of the chimney and connected to the longer one of said rods at the inner end thereof, the outer end portion of said longer rod extending about a part of said stove-pipe to the body portion of the rod, and a slip collar on the body portion of said longer rod and engaging the end thereof.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES H. VVELTON.

Witnesses:

WM. H. PAYNE, E. T. SILVIUS. 

